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  • Music of China |- ! style="background:#dfdfef;" colspan= ... | Midi Modern Music Festival |- ! style="background:#dfdfef;" ...
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  • The concerto, as understood in this modern way, arose in the Baroque period side by side with the concerto grosso, which contrasted a small ...
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  • # A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music ... # (uncountable) A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats ...
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  • are typically danced to country-western music, and which are stylistically ... having been refined and maintained into modern times. Showcasing human creativity ...
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  • important composers of keyboad instrumental music in the late Renaissance and ... was in Ferrara at the time. Gesualdo's music, which contained quick modifications ...
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  • von Trapp in the musical film The Sound of Music (1965) alongside Julie Andrews ... through outstanding performances in both modern and classic material. Committed ...
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  • – June 9, 1361) was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was ... the famous mathematician, philosopher and music theorist Nicole Oresme. De ...
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  • All the other scales in traditional Western music are subsets of this ... the chromatic scale became the basis of modern music written using the twelve ...
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  • Gagaku (literally "elegant music") is a type of Japanese ... (710-794), and settled into the basic modern divisions during the Heian ...
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  • native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft. ... religion and even fine arts (painting, music, etc.). ## The study of ...
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  • #039;s (the Devil's) gelding. The music it makes draws all the forest ... from a piece of alder, pine or spruce. Modern instruments have metal strings ...
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  • New Age Music, known as a combination of mostly instrumental pieces ... Music of the Spheres is cited in old scriptures, and the Greek philosopher ...
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  • emphasis on communicating to others through music education, writings, and ... the first exponents of Mexican nationalist music with ballets on Aztec themes. ...
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  • From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (modern French grâce ... # (countable, music) A grace note; a short note that isn't technically ...
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  • |group3 = Modern |list3 = Empiricism Rationalism |group4style = background: ... Language Law Literature Mathematics Mind Music Being Philosophy Physics ...
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  • the early madrigals of the Renaissance. As music historian Richard Taruskin ... * Moore, Douglas. From madrigals to modern music: a guide to musical ...
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  • collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ... He also studied at the Academy of Music where he received his Diploma ...
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  • The Modern Jazz Quartet (also known as the MJQ) was established in ... The MJQ is the most perfect example of chamber music jazz. Composed ...
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  • Century associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably ... the xylophone into Western classical music. Camille Saint-Saens first ...
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  • A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Use ... Virginia Library provides access to an online music collection. ...
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